Photographer Rob O’Neal, pauses at the entry wall to the Key West Art & Historical Society’s Custom House Museum exhibit of his work, “Islands in the (Gulf) Stream: A photography exhibit of Key West & Cuba by Rob O’Neal” which opened to the public Friday evening and will run through April 19, 2016. Photo by Todd Andrew Feit
On Friday evening, December 11, Key West Art & Historical Society welcomed the public to the opening of its newest exhibit at the Custom House Museum— “Islands in the (Gulf) Stream: A photography exhibit of Key West & Cuba by Rob O’Neal.” The exhibit, sponsored in part by The Trophia Butterfly Foundation, the Westin Key West Resort & Marina, Tom Sawyer’s Keyboard Advertising Specialties, and the Gardens Hotel, showcases more than 40 images of O’Neal’s vibrant work along with a rotating electronic slideshow and is set to run through April 19, 2016.
Gallery visitors take in a selection of photographer Rob O’Neal’s images shot in Key West over more than two decades, capturing personalities including Mel Fisher, Jimmy Buffet, Captain Tony and President Bill Clinton and events such as the sinking of the USAFS Vandenberg. Photo by Todd Andrew Feit4) The Friday evening opening of “Islands in the (Gulf) Stream: A photography exhibit of Key West & Cuba by Rob O’Neal” at the Custom House Museum attracted an estimated 300 attendees, including Key West photographers Ralph De Palma and Paul Findlay (first and second from left) and Virginia Wark (to the right of O’Neal).Photo by Todd Andrew Feit
